IN THIS FEATURE Waiting patiently Flatters the average driver A road-legal race car Devastatingly capable There's always a catch isn't there?

Launch the car from standstill - in our case a rolling-start, as conditions were monsoon-like - and from about 2500rpm, full-bore acceleration arrives in a way, as one colleague puts it, that makes you feel like a golfball that's just been attended to by Tiger Woods. Steering feel is sensational and the car gives you the sense that any corner could be taken at least 20mph quicker. It really does feel like a full-house race car and it certainly rides like one.

Stopping courtesy of Brembo

Stopping power is courtesy of six-pot Brembo's and the six-speed Getrag gearbox whines like it's got proper straight-cut racing gears (it doesn't, but it's a supremely effective 'box). The steering is heavy, but the weight is perfectly judged for high-speed feel and progressive turn-in.

This is a devastatingly capable car and I'd dearly love to see what it could do around the Nuburgring. I'd also love to see the look on the face of Porsche 911 GT3 drivers as they fade to a small spec in the Skyline's rear-view. Because they absolutely would.